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Pressing Switch S2 (when watch dog is enabled) will start a PC reset (Green LED CR1 will fast blink) .

Pressing Switch S3 will set the power on “watch dog reset counter” to 0 blinks.

Table 13, Watch Dog LED states

State

Heartbeat LED
(Green CR1)

Disabled LED
( Red CR2)

Comment

(1) if ZERO resets stored

Alternate blink
with Disabled
LED

Alternate blink
with Heartbeat
LED

Indicates '0' resets have been done by
the WDT, state 2 is next.

(1) If > 0 reset stored

Blink 150ms ON,
600ms OFF

OFF

The number of blinks by Heartbeat
LED indicate the number of resets
that have been done by the WDT.
Operator FORCED Resets are NOT
counted in this number, state 2 is
next.

(2) IDLE

Regular,
1 beat/second

OFF

upon PC Boot-UP will sit in IDLE
for 10 minutes before looking for the
PC to pet it, state 3 is next.

(3) PC Pet the dog

Regular,
1 beat/second

Blink
*half fast*

Indicates that the PC, cabling, and
WDT circuit are working properly.

(3) PC Pet the dog

Regular,
1 beat/second

blink
*superfast*

Indicates that the PC, cabling, and
WDT circuit are working properly.

(3) RESET PC (WDT or
SW2)

Fast OFF

The PC is the process of being
RESET by WDT. State 1 is next

(3) Set Count=0 (SW3)

Fast

OFF

Indicates that any stored RESETS are
set to ZERO

(3) WDT DISABLED
(SW1)

Regular,
1 beat/second

ON

WDT is disabled and not looking for
any characters on parallel port. PC
cannot be reset from this state. state 4
is next.

(4) WDT ENABLE
(SW1)

Regular,
1 beat/second

OFF

From WDT disabled, so LED’s will
end up in IDLE for 5 seconds. state 2
is next.



8. Reloading Software & BIOS settings

In case something happens to the software on the Hard Drive, a boot CD has been included to reload all
software. Also included is the BIOS settings if the BIOS settings are lost. To get into the BIOS on the ASRock
M810LMR Mother board, press F2 during the power on self test.
WARNING: Turn the watch dog off (press & hold Switch S1 until LED CR2 is solid ON) or else if you
take too long, it will reset the PC! When you are done with reloading the software & the BIOS settings,
turn watch dog back on (press & hold Switch S1 until LED CR2 is off or blinking).

8.1. The BIOS settings for the ASRock M810LMR Mother board

The menus are selected by the left & right arrow keys. To select item in any menu use the up & down keys.
The bottom 2 lines on the BIOS screen describe the operation of the other keys. The last known BIOS was

“AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY – VERSION 3.31a”.

But this will change…

8.1.1. Main

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